Nov 9, 2012

New Call for Abstracts: 12th IAS-STS Annual Conference, May 6-7, 2013

The new Call for Abstracts for our annual conference is out! For next year we have two special sessions we would like to point out to: The first is organised by us, the other one is co-organised by two Queer STS-members. Here are the descriptions of said sessions, for the full CfA see the website of IAS-STS.

Special Session: Queer perspectives on STSThe working
group 'Queer STS' questions hegemonic values and norms in society, in
particular in science and technology research. We are interested in
marginalised perpectives and boundary processes that lead to their
marginalisation. This implies not only the original meaning of 'queer'
related to non-heterosexualities and to a critique of heteronormativity
but a broader understanding of the term: We critically review how
especially science and technology-related research contribute to the
perpetuation of inclusion and exclusion, norms and marginalisations,
biologisations of social constructs, etc. For this session we invite
researchers and scholars dealing with similar questions and perspectives
to contribute and participate in discussion and networking.
Contributions can be theoretical considerations, empirical work in
progress or finished studies.

Special Session: Social justice and DiversityFor
this session the IFZ-working group „Social Justice and Diversity“ is
looking for contributions which deal with the technology access and
participation in technology development in the context of social
justice, and how the issue of diversity plays a crucial part in these
processes (e.g. age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic
status, etc.). Contributions can be (among others) on topics as: